National Geochronological Database sample #15382

Outcrop or artificial surface exposure, Tonalite

Geographic location
-149.241667, 61.826667
149° 14' 30" W, 61° 49' 36" N
AK
Anchorage D-6 1:63,360 scale map quadrangle
Accurate to within 1 minute (~1 mile)
TALKEETNA MOUNTAINS REGION
Source of sample Outcrop or artificial surface exposure
Rock name Tonalite
Laboratories USGS Menlo Park
Compiler name Marvin, R.F.
Date compiled 1984 11
Precision of location Accurate to within 1 minute (~1 mile)
Location comment TALKEETNA MOUNTAINS REGION
Bibliographic reference Csejtey, B., Jr., Nelson, W.H., Jones, D.L., Silberling, N.J., Dean, R.M., Morris, M.S., Lanphere, M.A., Smith, J.G., and Silberman, M.L., 1978, Reconnaissance Geologic Map and Geochronology, Talkeetna Mountains Quadrangle, Northern Part Of Anchorage Quadrangle, and Southwest Corner Of Healy Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-558-A, 62p.
Reconnaissance Geologic Map and Geochronology, Talkeetna Mountains Quadrangle, Northern Part Of Anchorage Quadrangle, and Southwest Corner Of Healy Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-558-A, 60p.
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Geologic map unit -149.241667, 61.826667
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K-Ar age determinations

Age estimate 73.1 ± 2.2Ma
age of intrusion
Type of analysis conventional K-Ar
Rock or mineral analyzed hornblende
Analytical details
Lab sample ID 28. (60ACZ40)
Decay constants 4.962E-04, 0.581E-04, 1.1167E-04
K2O concentration 0.759 %
Radiogenic 40Ar concentration 0.8153
Radiogenic Ar 74 %